The economic effects of aging in the United States and Japan [electronic resource] /
edited by Michael D. Hurd and Naohiro Yashiro.
- University of Chicago Press, 1997.
- 1 online resource (viii, 362 p.) : ill.
- A National Bureau of Economic Research conference report .
- Conference report (National Bureau of Economic Research) .
Papers presented at a joint Japan Center for Economic Research-National Bureau of Economic Research conference heod in Hakone, Japan, in September 1993.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Projection of Japanese public pension costs in the first half of the twenty-first century and the effects of three possible reforms / The Effects of demographic trends on consumption, saving, and government expenditures in the United States / Population aging and the savings-investment balance in Japan / The Economic position of the elderly in Japan / Seiritsu Ogura -- Michael D. Hurd -- Naohiro Yashiro and Akiko Sato Oishi -- Naohiro Yashiro. I. Demography and macroeconmic impact of aging. The Consequences of population aging for private pension fund saving and asset markets / The Effects of aging on national saving and asset accumulation in Japan / The Impact of demographics on housing and nonhousing wealth in the United States / Improvement of after-retirement income by home equity conversion mortgages: possibility and problems in Japan / Sylvester J. Schieber and John B. Shoven -- Naoto Yamauchi -- Hilary W. Hoynes and Daniel L. McFadden -- Jukio Noguchi. II. Aging and asset markets. The Effects of special saving programs on saving and wealth / The Economic status of the elderly in Japan: microdata finding / Retirement incentives: the interaction between employer-provided pensions, social security, and retiree health benefits / Labor market implications of social security: company pension plans, public pensions, and retirement behavior of the elderly in Japan / James M. Poterba, Steven F. Venti, and David A. Wise -- Noriyuki Takayama -- Robin L. Lumsdaine, James H. Stock, and David A. Wise -- Atsushi Seike. III. Aging, household saving, and retirement. Changing social security survivorship benefits and the poverty of widows / The Net pension debt of the Japanese government / Michael D. Hurd and David A. Wise -- Tatsuo Hatta and Noriyoshi Oguchi. IV. Public pension reform.
Due to falling fertility rates, the aging of the baby-boom cohort, and increases in life expectancy, the percentage of the population that is elderly is expected to increase rapidly in the United States and Japan over the next two decades. These fourteen essays show that, despite differences in culture and social and government structure, population aging will have many similar macro and micro effects on the economic status and behavior of the elderly in both countries. The most obvious effects will be on social programs such as public pension systems and the provision for medical needs of the.
Age distribution (Demography)--Economic aspects--Japan--Congresses. Age distribution (Demography)--Economic aspects--United States--Congresses. Older people--Economic conditions--Japan--Congresses. Older people--Economic conditions--United States--Congresses. Age distribution (Demography)--Economic aspects--Japan. Age distribution (Demography)--Economic aspects--United States. Older people--Economic conditions.--Japan Older people--Economic conditions.--United States Electronic books. SOCIAL SCIENCE--Gerontology. FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS--Aging. Veroudering (demografie)
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